When I was in the eighth grade, I made the decision to apply to Stanly Early College High School.  Never before did I understand how big of a decision it was nor how greatly it would impact me down the road until now. 

Everything in my life seems to finally be falling into place.  I will be graduating in May of 2015 from Stanly Community College with my high school diploma and my Associate of Arts degree. 

Starting fall, I will be attending the University of North Carolina in Wilmington.  Nothing went as I planned.  Everything that has happened is far better than I had planned, and I could not ask for more.